A new species of the genus Periglischrus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) on Choeronycteris mexicana (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Central Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-160

  Morales Malacara, Juan B ^a   López Ortega, Gerardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bat ectoparasites; Choeronycteris mexicana; Periglischrus leptosternus; Spinturnicidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INFESTATION; MALE; MEXICO; MITE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES;

EID: 0035289380     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.153     Document Type: Article

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